New muftiate appears in Northern Caucasus

Makhachkala, March 21, 2017. On March 17, the Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan made a decision to leave the Coordination Center of Muslims of the Northern Caucasus. Such a decision was caused by disagreements among the Council members on the activity of Dagestani Muslim newspaper "Al-Salam", which is spreading in all the north Caucasian republics. In a statement of the Muftis of Dagestan runs that the representatives of non-traditional Islam in the Coordination Council opposed the newspaper’s expansion to the other republics.

Besides, the Muftiate of Dagestan complained about the detention of newspaper employees in other Muslim regions of the North Caucasian Federal District. Therefore, Dagestani Muftiat decided to withdraw from the center and to close down activities of the newspaper. Nevertheless, the statement says that they "do not want to offend anyone by this decision or break off the fraternal ties, but, following the Muslim ethic, they prefer to avoid disputed and conflict situations."